An announcement from Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry suspending the state’s upcoming May primary elections could come as early as Friday—just one day before early voting was scheduled to begin.  As The ...

Soft landing? The U.S. economy expanded at an annualized rate of 2.0% in the first quarter of 2026, according to the advance estimate released Thursday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis—rebounding ...

Louisiana voters head to the polls on May 2 for early voting. They’ll face five constitutional amendments that could reshape everything from civil service jobs to school districts. In his latest ...

The Advocate reported Louisiana’s population dropped by 40,000 residents from 2020 to 2025—and was the only Southern state to ...

A new retail strip center is moving forward along Juban Road, with construction expected to begin within the next month as ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Louisiana’s current congressional map amounts to an unconstitutional racial ...

Anthropic, in partnership with Baton Rouge Business Report and Tenex, will host a free, half-day AI fluency training and ...

Entergy is boosting its four-year capital spending plan by 33% to $57 billion, driven largely by infrastructure needed to serve Meta’s data center. The move reflects surging U.S. power demand, which ...

U.S. housing starts jumped in March to their highest level in more than a year, offering a sign of resilience in the residential market even as affordability pressures persist, Bloomberg writes.  New ...

The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged for the third straight meeting but signaled it could still cut rates in the coming months, moves that attracted the most dissents since ...

Home insurance costs across the Capital Region remain elevated, with hurricanes continuing to drive the highest risk—and premiums—across local parishes, while broader national trends show rising costs ...

The West Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday announced that Annie Claire Bass has been selected as its new executive director. Bass is described as a “local business owner, community leader ...